Ben's blog and articles

Article for Sunday Times on Xi Jinping's economic strategy

Article on cryptocurrencies for Prospect magazine

Analysis for The Independent on activists' calls for an investment boycott of oil companies

Beveridge saw the Second World War had provided a transformative shock. Could the coronavirus pandemic provide another?

The market fundamentalists are not entirely wrong to warn against the popular urge to stamp out price fluctuations.

Looking beneath the bonnet of the headline data suggests declarations of victory against this new virus are premature.

The characterisation of “the science” as a fixed thing isn’t helpful and could even be dangerous.

Simply look at the man's long and consistent record of xenophobia and then judge whether he's using the label in a factual way.

It’s certainly a beguiling argument. But there’s a powerful counter-case, too.

David Lloyd George never actually promised "homes fit for heroes" after the First World War. The Liberal prime minister's pledge was that...

If capitalism is defined by the question of who controls capital - the money that makes the world go around - there's one organisation...

Stock markets have been up and down like Santa in the world's chimneys this Christmas. After taking a record unfestive pummelling on 24...

Many parents of small children will be familiar with the depressing Christmas Day rubbish routine. Presents are unveiled. The paper is...

On 19 November Carlos Ghosn, the most famous man in the global automotive industry, touched down at Haneda airport in his private jet and...

As a society we can't seem to make up our minds about work. Do we want more of it? Or less? There's a chilling fog of fear over what...

The Irish "backstop", the legal clause that offends the sensibilities of hardline Tory Brexiteers - to the point where they would be...

As he delivered his televised address to the French public on Monday night, following a month of street protests and intensifying mob...

The overall economic and social costs to our society of poor mental health are estimated to be more than £100bn a year. In that context,...

Adair Turner is being provocative again. Almost a decade ago now he scandalised bankers and traders (although not the general public)...

The big problem with British digital technology firms is that they sell out before they go global. Their founders prefer the short-term...